(7 April 1873 – 8 November 1967) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about a dozen vascular plant specimens collected by Clinton Osborne Houghton, who…
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Elam T. Bartholomew
(9 June 1852 – 18 November 1934) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 80 fungal specimens collected by Elam Bartholomew. As we continue…
Samuel McCutchen Bain
(14 January 1869 – 30 January 1919) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has about a dozen vascular plant specimens collected by S. M. Bain. It…
Mid-Atlantic States Mycology Conference honors William Chambers Coker
by Van Cotter, Herbarium Research Associate, UNC-CH Herbarium (NCU); Suzanne Cadwell, Director, ITS-Educational Technologies; Dan Meyers, Corbin Bryan, and Davis Upchurch, Undergraduates UNC-CH On April 17-18, the North Carolina Botanical…
Herbarium nabs NC’s first voucher specimen of “fossil fungus”
by Van Cotter, Herbarium Research Associate, UNC at CH Herbarium (NCU) and John S. Gibbs, Willow Spring, North Carolina Thanks to the dedicated mycological exploration by the junior author, who…
Steven Worth Leonard
(1943 – 24 June 2022) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates more than 1,800 vascular plant specimens and about 90 bryophyte specimens collected by Steven…
Francis Joseph LeClair
(21 June 1884 – 11 November 1973) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 100 vascular plant specimens collected by Francis J. LeClair. Without…
Charles Fuller Baker
22 March, 1872 — 22 July 1927 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about one hundred vascular plant specimens collected by Charles Fuller Baker —…
Herbarium Student Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa
Dan Meyers, a senior biology major and the Mary McKee Felton Intern at the Herbarium, was inducted in Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most honored college honorary society. Fewer than 1% of college students qualify.
Digging into the Science
Want a chance to dig deeper into the science done by the botanists, mycologists, and phycologists of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU)? Here’s a round-up…